History of Astronomy

History of Astronomy

by Jessica Iseman

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What is at the middle of a Geocentric system?

• Sun

• Neptune

• Earth

• The Universe

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What does the Geocentric system look like?

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What did the Greeks call the planets?

• stars

• shooting stars

• wandering stars

• fire balls

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Do all planets travel at the same speed across the night sky?

• Yes

• No

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The observation that everything moved across the night sky from east to west caused early astronomers like Aristotle to believe...

• The sun was the center of the solar system.

• The earth was the center of the solar system.

• The earth was flat.

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Ancient Greeks believed, the earth to be the centre of the universe. What do we call this model?

• Copernican Model

• Geocentric Universe

• Heliocentric Universe

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Which African astronomer/librarian measured the circumference of the earth using sticks and shadows?

• Aristotle

• Ptolemy

• Copernicus

• Eratosthenes

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Which astronomer of antiquity made elaborate models of an earth-centered universe, an idea which was to stick for over 1000 years?

• Copernicus

• Eratosthenes

• Ptolemy

• Tycho Brahe

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The Copernican revolution began when Copernicus suggested

• a geocentric model.

• a heliocentric model.

• a new calendar.

• a new constellation.

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Galileo's discoveries

• helped him invent the telescope.

• provided evidence that the earth and the planets revolve around the sun.

• convinced him the Earth was at the center.

• helped him learn about the planets Neptune and Uranus.

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Galileo Galilei was punished by the church for trying to teach that the earth revolved around the sun. How was he punished?

• he was put to death

• he was put on house arrest for the rest of his life

• he was imprisoned for 10 years

• he was beaten